bakom.js

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bakom.js makes it possible to make your text fully transparent allowing you to see right through it to the image below.

Please note this is an early untested version. Currently works in latest version of Chrome, Safari, IE and Firefox*.

*see known issues

How Do I Use It?

Configure

Setting	Default	Description
backgroundSelector	'body'	Selector of element you want to use as background. If there is multiple macthes to the selector the first one will be used
styleClass	''	Additional classes you want to add on the text element for styling
dy	''	Only used on the svg clip path created for browsers not supporting the background clip property. Read more abut the dy attribute here
dx	''	Only used on the svg clip path created for browsers not supporting the background clip property. Read more abut the dx attribute here
backgroundClipSupportOnly	true	If true no svg fallback will be built for browsers not supporting the background clip property (currently Firefox and IE)
debug	false	Show debug logs in the console

<script src="path/to/bakom.min.js"></script>
<script>
	var text = new Bakom();

	text.init('#text', {
		backgroundSelector : '#background',
		styleClass : 'text',
		backgroundClipSupportOnly : false,
		dy : '0.9em'
	})
</script>

Redraw your element

<script>
	text.redraw();
</script>

Reset your element

<script>
	text.reset();
</script>

Known issues

For all browsers

• multiple images not supported

For browsers not supporting background-clip (IE and Firefox)

• a background image size have to be set (both height and width)
• text align center and right currently not working
• multiple lines of text currently not working
• background position fixed not fully supported

Changelog

• 19.01.2014 v 0.1.1
  • Background position fixed support for browser supporting background-clip
  • Tests
  • Bug fixes
• v 0.1.0
  • Initial Release

In Use:

• erikportin.com/bakomjs (version 1.0)

License

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bakom.js is available under the [MIT license] (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

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